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4th October 1957 - Soviet Union launches the first artifical satellite, Sputnik.
3rd November 1957 - USSR launches Sputnik II carrying the dog Laika into orbit.
19th August 1960 - Sputnik III returns two dogs alive from orbit.
12th April 1961 - Yuri Gagarin becomes first human in space on board Vostok I for the Soviet Union.
5th May 1961 - Alan B Shepard becomes first American in space on board Freedom 7.
18th March 1965 - Alexei Leonov becomes first human to walk in space.
3rd June 1965 - Ed White becomes first American to walk in space.
16th March 1966 - Gemini 8 flight succesfully achieves first docking in space - widely acknowledged as the moment the USA overtook the USSR in space expertise.
27th January 1967 - US astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee die in the Apollo I fire.
25th December 1968 - Apollo VIII journeys to the moon with astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders onboard as the first humans to leave the influence of Earth's gravity.
21st February 1969 - First test flight of Soviet N1 moon-rocket, counterpart to the American Saturn V, explodes during its unmanned launch.
20th July 1969 - Apollo XI Lunar Module Eagle lands on the moon and Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to walk on the moon. Widely seen as the end of the Space Race.
A FEW SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
April 1970 - Apollo XIII flight almost ends in disaster when the Apollo spacecraft is crippled by an explosion, but returns to Earth safely.
13th December 1972 - Apollo XVII leaves the moon with Eugene Cernan and Jack Schmitt the last Apollo astronauts to walk on the moon.
23rd November 1973 - Last test flight of Soviet N1 rocket ends in disaster when the rocket is destroyed 106 seconds into its flight, ending the attempts of the Soviet Union to send cosmonauts to the moon.
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What major breakthroughs were made by each country in the space race?
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The competition between the US and the USSR to put a man on the moon was called the?
the space race
What Major events in 1957 during launch of sputnik?
In 1957, the major event was the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik, which became the first artificial Earth satellite. This event marked the beginning of the space age and the space race between the US and the Soviet Union. It also led to the establishment of NASA in the United States in response to the perceived technological and military threat posed by Sputnik.
When did The Great Space Race happen?
The Great Space Race happened in 1984.
Where did the majority event events occur in the space race?
The majority of events in the Space Race occurred primarily between the United States and the Soviet Union, with key milestones taking place in various locations. Notable events included the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 in 1957, the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin, in 1961, and the U.S. Apollo moon landing in 1969. Key facilities like NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Soviet space program's launch sites in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, were central to these developments. The competition spurred technological advancements and significant achievements in space exploration for both superpowers.
What were the major events of the Cold War?
a major event in the cold war was the space race
What were the major events of the arms race?
the U.S.S.R. tested its first atomic weapon
What was the major result of the space race?
The USA and the Soviet union got along
What major breakthroughs were made by each country in the space race?
shut the frick up
Did John F. Kennedy have any major event?
the two major events during his presidency were the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs Invasion. He was also president during the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Vietnam War.
What are some major events that took place in 1981?
the launch of the firsdt space shuttle
What major events happened in 1903?
The Irish struggle for independence
How did Sputnik and lunch the space race?
lunch the space race???
When was The Race for Space created?
The Race for Space was created in 1959.
The competition between the US and the USSR to put a man on the moon was called the?
the space race
What are major events that happen in world war 1?
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What is the duration of The Race for Space?
The duration of The Race for Space is 3300.0 seconds.
